Current Treatment

For an overview and fact sheet that describes the symptoms and treatments of early-onset Bipolar Disorder in children and adolescents from the National Institute of Mental Health click here .

To understand more about the complexities involved in diagnosing and treating early-onset Bipolar Disorder read "Defining the Boundaries of Childhood Bipolar Disorder" from The American Journal of Psychiatry click here.

To learn about the results of a large-scale, multi-site clinical trial funded by the National Institute of Mental Health on medication treatment options for Bipolar Disorder published in The New England Journal of Medicine click here.

To understand more about the effectiveness of intensive psychotherapy for treating Bipolar Disorder from a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health published in the Archives of General Psychiatry click here.